The Right Reverend

Martyn Snow
Bishop of Leicester
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Leicester
In office2016–present
PredecessorTim Stevens
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham (2010–2013)
Bishop of Tewkesbury (2013–2016)
Orders
Ordination2 July 1995 (deacon)
by David Lunn
5 July 1996 (priest)
by Michael Gear
Consecration25 September 2013
by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born
Martyn James Snow

(1968-01-25) 25 January 1968
Indonesia
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
ResidenceBishop's Lodge, Knighton[1]
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Spiritual
Assumed office
6 October 2022

Martyn James Snow[2] (born 25 January 1968) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2016, he has been the Bishop of Leicester. He previously served as Bishop of Tewkesbury from 2013 to 2016, and as Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham from 2010 to 2013.[1]

Early life and education

Martyn James Snow was born on 25 January 1968[3] in Indonesia.[4][5] He was educated at Sheffield University, where he studied chemistry.[4] He trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an Anglican theological college in the evangelical tradition.[6]

Ordained ministry

Snow was made a deacon at Petertide 1995 (2 July) by David Lunn, Bishop of Sheffield, at Sheffield Cathedral[7] and ordained a priest the Petertide following (5 July 1996) by Michael Gear, Bishop of Doncaster at his title church (St Andrew's, Brinsworth).[8] He was an assistant curate at Brinsworth with Catcliffe and Treeton before service with the Church Mission Society in Guinea. He was vicar of Christ Church, Pitsmoor from 2001 to 2010 and area dean of Ecclesfield from 2007.[6]

Episcopal ministry

On 25 September 2013, Snow was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service in Westminster Abbey.[5][9] In October 2013, he started his duties as Bishop of Tewkesbury, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Gloucester.[5] He was acting diocesan Bishop of Gloucester from 5 August 2014 until Rachel Treweek took up the role of diocesan bishop in June 2015.[10]

On 15 December 2015, it was announced that Snow would be translated to Leicester in 2016.[6][11] Snow officially became Bishop of Leicester with the confirmation of his election on 22 February 2016.[12] He then become the youngest diocesan bishop in the Church of England, aged 48.[13] On 14 May 2016, a service of installation was held at Leicester Cathedral during which he was seated on his Cathedra and given the crozier of the Diocese of Leicester.[14]

As from October 2016, Snow has sat on the Church of England's National Safeguarding Steering Group (NSSG).[15][16]

He became a member of the House of Lords (as a Lord Spiritual) on 6 October 2022.[17]

Views

In 2023, following the news that the House of Bishop's of the Church of England was to introduce proposals for blessing same-sex relationships, he signed an open letter which stated:[18]

many Christians in the Church of England and the Anglican Communion, together with Christians from across the churches of world Christianity, continue to believe that marriage is given by God for the union of a man and woman and that it cannot be extended to those who are of the same sex. [...] Without seeking to diminish the value of many committed same-sex relationships, for which there is much to give thanks, we find ourselves constrained by what we sincerely believe the Scriptures teach which cannot be set aside.[18]

He abstained during a vote on introducing "standalone services for same-sex couples" on a trial basis during a meeting of the General Synod in November 2023; the motion passed.[19][20]

References

  1. 1 2 "Martyn James Snow". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Sheffield Diocesan Board of Finance
  3. ↑ "Martyn Snow". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Snow, Martyn James". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 July 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. 1 2 3 "The Bishop of Tewkesbury". Diocese of Gloucester. Church of England. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "Bishop of Leicester: Martyn James Snow". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Petertide ordinations". Church Times. No. 6909. 14 July 1995. p. 12. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 July 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ↑ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 6961. 12 July 1995. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 July 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ↑ Yong, Michael (2 August 2013). "New Bishop of Tewkesbury youngest in C of E". Gloucestershire Echo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Diocese of Gloucester — Letter from the Bishop of Tewkesbury Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 7 August 2014)
  11. ↑ Diocese of Leicester — Welcome to the New Bishop of Leicester Archived 2016-01-29 at archive.today (Accessed 15 December 2015)
  12. ↑ Diocese of Leicester — Martyn confirmed for Leicester & photo on Twitter (Accessed 26 February 2016)
  13. ↑ "A quiet revolution, not an Evangelical takeover". Church Times. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Welcome Bishop Martyn". Diocese of Leicester. Church of England. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "National Safeguarding Steering Group" (PDF). Church of England. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "November 20 2017 – National Safeguarding Steering Group [NSSG] and National Safeguarding Panel [NSP] – Church of England". The Bell Society. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "The Lord Bishop of Leicester". Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  18. 1 2 "LLF: a paper on the Doctrine of Marriage". Thinking Anglicans. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "GENERAL SYNOD NOVEMBER 2023 GROUP OF SESSIONS BUSINESS DONE AT 5 P.M." (PDF). churchofengland.org. The Church of England. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023. 7. The motion (as amended) 'That this Synod, conscious that the Church is not of one mind on the issues raised by Living in Love and Faith, that we are in a period of uncertainty, and that many in the Church on all sides are being deeply hurt at this time, recognise the progress made by the House of Bishops towards implementing the motion on Living in Love and Faith passed by this Synod in February 2023, as reported in GS 2328, encourage the House to continue its work of implementation, and ask the House to consider whether some standalone services for same-sex couples could be made available for use, possibly on a trial basis, on the timescale envisaged by the motion passed by the Synod in February 2023.' was carried following a counted vote by Houses.
  20. ↑ "General Synod 15th November 2023 – Item 007" (PDF). churchofengland.org. The Church of England. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
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